President Trump's focus on Mexico as an economic and security threat to the United States has had tangible consequences on the country's economy and political system.

While Trump's effect on Mexico’s economy has been decidedly negative — JPMorgan cut its 2017 GDP growth estimate on Friday from 1.8 percent to 1.3 percent — the country has rallied around opposition to Trump and the defense of its migrants in the United States.

President Enrique Peña Nieto, whose 12 percent approval rating in January cast him as a lame duck two years before his six-year term is due to end, has taken a more combative stance to Trump's policies, hoping to bank on the American president's massive unpopularity in Mexico.